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Donald Clarke <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:43:44 -0800
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I wrote:

> The version I heard was about Klemperer and George Mendelssohn, descendent
> of the composer and founder of Vox Records, who was recording Klemp at
> the time.  I think this happened in the USA; Klemp wanted to know if Vox
> was getting his records into the shops.  When Mendelssohn says, 'No, I'm
> Mendelssohn', the clerk is supposed to have said, 'Hey, man, I really
> dig your wedding march.'

I should have added that for any record shop in Berlin in any era not
to have had any Furtwangler on hand is a bit unlikely.

Donald
http://www.donaldclarkemusicbox.com

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